Following an evaluation exercise involving several truck brands, Staplehurst Transits has bought its first Mercedes-Benz tractor unit.
Tractor Units
Safetytrimworldwide is celebrating the news that, following its signing of an exclusive distribution deal with JOST for Australian sales worth around £1 million per annum, the British built wheel security system is catching on around the world.
Security Equipment
A new venture for concrete paving specialist PJ Davidson UK has seen the company take delivery of five new Renault Kerax 430 8x4 rigids fitted with Bay-Lynx volumetric mixer bodies and Optidriver+ automated gearboxes.
Municipal Vehicles
DAF has introduced a variant of the new Euro 6 XF truck as a low-deck tractor, designed for high-volume continental transport operations.
Tractor Units
Sat-nav specialist Navevo, in association with Transport For London, has unveiled a world first in its ProNav HGV Cyclist Alert.
Tracking
Arriva has today (Friday 19 April 2013) launched a £2million fleet of 16 new 11.7 metre, 44-seat Optare Versa hybrid buses in Southend.
Bus & Coach
White Knight Laundry Services has taken delivery of six new 3.5 tonne Daily panel vans. All are the new long wheelbase Daily 35S13 vans and they replace six older Daily vehicles.
Panel Vans
Asset Alliance (AAL) is reporting that several of its clients have been able to take delivery of new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units at preferential rates, thanks to its buying power.
Tractor Units
One of Ireland's largest manufacturers and best-known users of road transport has taken delivery of 10 new Axor 2543 high-roofed tractor units from Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (NI), Northern Ireland's only approved dealer.
Tractor Units
One of the UK's leading textile rental providers is cleaning up with a new 7.5-tonne Fuso Canter that's being double-shifted and doing the work of two of its previous commercial vehicles.
Rigids
The owner of a scaffolding business in West Midlands has lost his licence to operate HGVs, after appearing before the region's haulage industry regulator.
Road Legal
Nuneaton-based engineering, research and test consultancy MIRA has launched a training and education academy, which it says is for existing MIRA staff and future generations of engineers and technicians.
Apprenticeships